EDITORIAL: Greenway planning makes sense

12:28 PM,
Mar. 25, 2013

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The Daily News Journal

Over the years we've blasted public officials for their lack of planning.

We've banged our heads on the steering wheel while waiting in traffic to cross over the interstate on New Salem Highway shortly after 5 p.m. We've maneuvered the obstacle course that is Saint Andrews Drive.

And still, we're a little surprised by the reaction of three Murfreesboro City Council members to a proposed 25-year master plan for adding 173.8 miles to the city's greenways, bike lanes and river-access plans. ...